They’re at it again. China and Japan are frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured and bloody history they’re still working through.

China has been moving strategically in response to the latest spat with Japan, with a view of reshaping the world order in Asia

China’s warning to Japan that it could choke off supplies of rare earths, its favorite weapon in trade conflicts, targets a persistent vulnerability among Japanese manufacturers after more than a decade of Tokyo trying to reduce reliance on its rival.

China launched an investigation into a chemical gas used in making semiconductors, a day after it imposed curbs on the export of so-called dual-use goods that could be used by Japan’s military.

BEIJING -- China on Tuesday banned exports of dual-use goods that can serve military purposes to Japan, a move that comes at time of heightened tensions between the two countries over Taiwan, a self-ruled island Beijing claims as its sovereign territory.

Analysts hold out little hope that security pressures will ease, given US insistence that regional allies boost first island chain defences

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in her hometown on Tuesday, in a summit meant to stabilize ties between the two sometime-rivals as Japan's worries about Chinese power in Asia grows.

For Japan, the Sino-Russian alignment in wartime narratives is more than a contest over memory – it generates real geopolitical effects. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Chinese President Xi Jinping (center), and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ...